excel power 3d map vs. power bi globe map visualization

Excel Power Map vs. Power BI Globe Map

SQL Saturday #487Ottawa 2016

Rayis ImayevBI Developer/Consultant at Dawn InfoTek Inc.


Agenda:

Microsoft BI: History of 3D Map visualization

Excel PowerMap

Power BI Globe Map

And the Winner is …

4/16/2016 | Excel Power Map vs. Power BI Globe Map2 |

Why 3D Map for SQL Saturday ?

Data Analytics SQL Server

combines them both




Apr 2013"GeoFlow" Preview for Excel 2013

July 2013PowerMap for Excel 2013 Sep 2015

3D Map for Excel 2016

Nov 2015Globe Map for Power BI


Agenda:


Excel PowerMap

Power BI Globe Map



Excel PowerMap

Key functionality: 3D Globe visualization using geo coordinates Data facts explorations associated with geo coordinates

Additional Features: Over time data visualization (animation) Various charts and heat maps Customer geo shape files support Multiple data layers support


Excel PowerMap (video sample #1)


Excel PowerMap


Demo Creating PowerMap in Excel


Agenda:


Excel PowerMap

Power BI Globe Map



Power BI Globe Map

First demonstration at PASS Summit 2015

Month later available in Power BI Custom Visualization Library


Power BI Globe Map


Power BI Globe Map


Demo Creating Globe Map in Power BI

Power BI Globe MapThings that Power BI Globe Map doesn’t have compared with the Excel Power Map:

Over time data visualization Full support for multiple data layers Shapefiles are not supported for geo visualization

Some of the minor but very useful features that PowerMap has in Excel:o Ability to change globe themeso Ability to create visual tours and save them as video fileso Change the chart shapeso Change the height and thickness scale of visualso Change color for a serieso Find location featureo Add an annotation with imageo Legendso Bubble charts, pie charts and region chartso Power Map graphics options


Power BI Globe MapThings that Excel Power Map doesn’t have compared with Power BI Globe Map:

Geo filtering based on additional visualizations that are sourced from the same data model

Power Map has an option to add a 2D chart to a globe visualization too, but Power BI integration of multiple visualizations is on a different level.

Power BI Globe visualization is free compared with a slightly cumbersome licensing aspect to enable a Power Map option in Excel.



Agenda:


Excel PowerMap

Power BI Globe Map



Excel Power 3D Map considerations:

• Use 64 bit Office• When you add a new layer to existent scene, make it

invisible first• Save button and Undo/Redo buttons are highly desired

but not available at the moment• Test different scene effect during Video tour creation

Enjoy your 3D Map visualization !!!


Thank you for attending this session !


Rayis Imayev

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